Performance of prediction rules and guidelines in detecting serious bacterial infections among Tanzanian febrile children

Table 3 Prediction rules and guidelines that could be used for validation and SBI considered for each rule in the original derivation study/ at development

Prediction rule/guidelines	SBI categories considered
Prediction rule/guidelines	Meningitis	Pneumonia	Bacteremia	UTI	Typhoid	Cellulitis/ Abscess	Bacterial gastroenteritis	Leptospirosis	Intracellular bacteria	Other
Bleeker	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓^a		✓			Osteomyelitis, Ethmoiditis
Thayyil	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓^a					Any positive bacterial culture from an otherwise sterile site
Lab Score	✓	✓	✓	✓^b	✓^a	✓
Rotterdam fever model^c	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓^a	✓	✓			Osteomyelitis
IMCI	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
iCCM	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ALMANACH	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NICE	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			Osteomyelitis
AAEP	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			Osteomyelitis

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